Monkey See, Monkey Do ...

Our little monkey has been copying everything we do lately. I mean everything...she wants to do it. She has had one serious snotty nose lately...one that can only be relieved with the nose plunger. She had to do it herself....ridiculously cute...snotty-faced and all. ;o)

"Is this right, Mom?"

"How 'bout now?"

"Ahh, forget it...I'll just eat it!"

Decking the Halls!!

Our tree is up!! Finally!! I looove putting the tree up! Actually, I love the way it looks when it's finished...I could really leave this thing up all year 'round!

I'll let the pictures do most of the talking. Merry Christmas everyone!!! Love this time of year!!

On our way to Cackler Family Farms!! Ava was getting hungry... :)

The petting arena had a sheep, a goat, and a kitty.

Ava says, "brrrrrr!!!"

The perfect tree!! Have you ever noticed that trees look much smaller at the tree farm? We brought this 9 footer into our living room & WOW!!

"Thanks Mom! You got these boxes out for me to climb on!"

"What is that thing, Dad?"

"Ho, ho, ho!" Ava was swimming in this hat last year.

Merry Christmas!!

I love candles & christmas lights this time of year...the warm glow puts me in the mood for peppermint hot cocoa!! Mmm mmmm!

Our big & bushy, sweet & sappy frasier fir Christmas tree. :o)

It took a few days, but she's finally up!

Thanksgiving Lovin'

Just now getting around to my thanksgiving post...yikes!

I only took pictures at my Kandel thanksgiving...somehow I managed to not snap any pics from my mom's house--ahh, too much cooking & visiting going on I guess. :o)

So, here are the few that I snapped from thanksgiving in Walnut Creek.

Alex (baby on the far left) and Keldan (lil guy showing off his abs) had to switch places because Alex was trying to munch on Ava's shoulder...and she did not appreciate his lovin'. Haha!! From left to right Alex, Keldan, Ava, Allie, Addie, Elliott, Lily (the newest addition!).

Last year's thanksgiving babies--Keldan, Allie, & Ava--just wee lil munchkins!

Ohhh, the Kandel family baby-boom...there are a whole bunch of babies not even pictured...and 2 more on the way!!

Ava & Janae were buddies that day. She took Ava with her to feed the doggies...and I'm sure she loved it! These were BIG doggies...the kind Ava is used to. ;0)

Playing with Karina on the couch!

Looking for the sheep in the field. "Here sheepy, sheepy, sheepy."

Here's how Ava felt at the end of that long day of playing with her cousins. ;-)